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Chassis
Ford Fiesta XR2 Mk1 (First registered as A269FEJ May 1983)
Body Shell
Steel, with MC Rallying GRP rear door • Airedale 4mm acrylic windows • MC Rallying fibre glass wheel arch extensions and front spoiler • Seam welded and strengthened throughout • All sound deadening and underseal removed • New sills and front wings • Painted in two-pack Ford Sunburst Red (Resprayed: August 2000) • Removable steel sunroof from Fiesta Supersport • Fiesta Mk2 tinted Laminated windscreen • Underside of car painted with Dinitrol 4941 wax rust protection
Engine
Ford Zetec-E (series 2) 16V DOHC 4-cylinder in-line 1998cc, iron block with alloy head and sump, featuring oil-cooled pistons and hydraulic tappets • Piper Cams BP270 camshafts • Piper Cams vernier alloy pulleys • ARP con-rod bolts • Mondeo oil pump • Fiesta Mk3 1800cc water pump • Escort Mk3 1800 Zetec sump and oil pickup pipe • Lightened and balanced Escort Zetec flywheel with new heavy duty flywheel-crank bolts • Brise 'Powermaster (Denso) Race' single wire 93mm 49A alternator, with Halfords HB887e Poly-Vee alternator drive belt • Vibra-Technics engine mounts
Exhaust
Ashley Performance Exhausts 2.25" steel system, with 4-2-1 manifold • VW Golf GTI 2.0 16V back box • DTM style single upswept 3" tail pipe • Manifold wrapped in Thermotec Cool-It wrap
Gearbox
Competition 5 speed Quaife straight cut close ratio, heavy duty gear box, based on Fiesta RS1800 type-BC casing. • Modified, ball raced, Fiesta Mk3 remote gear change mechanism • B&M (part number #45096) quick shifter, purchased from www.summitracing.com • The gearbox features a 3.857:1 final drive, with 0.96:1 fifth gear overdrive for those circuits where fifth gear is required. She'll pull 48MPH in 1st, 111MPH in 4th, and 130MPH in 5th gear.
Differential
Quaife patented Automatic Torque Biasing limited slip differential
Drive Shafts
Reco-Prop Group A specification (custom length) shafts • New Trilobe inner and XR2/XR3 outer CV joints
Clutch
AP Racing 220mm heavy-duty clutch and drive plate
Carburation
Jenvey TBP45i throttle bodies • Pipercross foam elements • Weber IW031 'Green' competition injectors
Engine Management System
DTA E48-EXP ECU • Featuring working Launch Control, and data-logger • Bosch 'LSM11' Lambda Sensor • Scratch built wiring loom
Dashboard
Stack ST-200 Clubman tachometer, with tell-tale switch • 7 x 14.5mm Ultrabright warning LED's: • 3 x RED = Low oil pressure • 2 x YELLOW = Alternator charge light • 2 X BLUE = ECU Gear shift light • Summitracing 52mm digital instruments for Water Temp, Oil Pressure and Battery Voltage, housed in a Revotech carbon fibre instrument pod
Engine Lubrication
Mobil 1 0W40 synthetic oil (4 litres) with remote mounted Capri 2.8i oil filter • Earls stainless steel overbraided oil pipes and JIC anodised aluminium fittings throughout
Gearbox Lubrication
Silkolene 75W90 Synthetic gear oil (capacity 3.1 litres)
Cooling
Fiesta Mk3 RS1800i 16V Fiesta radiator • VW Golf Mk3 header tank • Kenlowe 9" suction fan, computer controlled • Raceparts silicon blue water hoses ( 45mm x 32mm x 150mm long )
Steering
Momo Race 80 suede steering wheel with Momo boss • Fiesta Mk2 XR2 steering rack • Fiesta Mk2 steering column
Front Brakes
Castrol DOT 5.1 Synthetic brake fluid • HiSpec Racing 114-4 four pot alloy race calipers with 285mm lightweight disks • Ferodo DS2500 pads • TAS Adjustable brake bias box featuring with Girling master cylinders and split front/rear circuits • 0.625" (front cylinder) and 0.75" (rear cylinder) • 7/16" cupro-nickel brake pipes and M10x1mm fittings throughout • Master cylinders fed by two fluid reservoirs, using 1/4" pipe and 3/8" fittings
Rear Brakes
Fiesta Mk3 solid disks (BD1062) with new Granada Scorpio/Sierra 4x4/Cosworth rear calipers • Ferodo DS2500 pads
Front suspension
AVO alloy gas adjustable 2.25" coil-over shocks [adjustable spring platform] • 300lb springs • TAS(UK) spherical bearing top mounts, giving adjustable camber, castor • Custom made adjustable rose jointed TCA's, tie-bars and mounting brackets. • Setup in March 2004 to give 1.75° -ve camber, 3°s of caster angle, and 0° toe-in.
Rear suspension
SPAX gas adjustable rear shocks • 450lb springs • Trans Auto Sport adustable rose-jointed radius arms • Trans Auto Sport adjustable rose-jointed panhard rod • Custom made powder coated Fiesta Mk1 rear axle allowing adjustable camber and toe-in, currently running with 1.5° -ve camber and 1mm toe-out on both rear wheels • Custom made powder coated rear anti-roll bar giving from 4x to 8x the stiffness of the orignal Fiesta Mk1 XR2 anti-roll bar
Seat
Motordrive Pro2 Tall Highside composite seat with Motordrive 5mm alloy brackets
Seat Belt
Sabelt Pro 6-point with QR, and 3" wide belts
Fire Extinguisher
Lifeline 2.25L AFFF (Electric) with polished alloy cannister
Roll Cage
Safety Devices full cage with fixed rear diagonal brace (38mm CDS [cold drawn steel] tubing) • 38mm CDS Welded X door bars • 38mm CDS removable lateral brace running across the car, behind drivers seat
Wheels
15" x 7" OZ Superleggeras, ET37, silver or 15" x 7" Compomotive MO, ET35, white
Tyres
Yokohama A032R 205/50R15 road tyres or Michelin N00 19/57R15 slicks depending on weather conditions
Fuel tank
ATL D108S D-Cell (30 litre) with integrated collector and foam filled
Fuel system
Weber competition fuel injection pump : WFP503 • Weber fuel filter : WFF042 • Weber 3 bar fuel pressure regulator • Earls stainless overbraided fuel hoses with alloy fittings throughout
Miscellaneous
Mustek PVR-A1 solid state video recorder • Sony 480 line bullet camera • Electret microphone • Race Technology DL90 GPS datalogger
Power Output
Stage 1: 178 HP at 6243 RPM (7200 RPM max)
153 ft/lb of torque at 5250 RPM
Stage 2: 195 HP (Gas flowed head, steel crank and rods)
Stage 3: 230+ HP (raised C:R, race cams)
Max Speed
110 MPH (0-60 6.52 seconds, 0-100 17 seconds, quarter mile 14.72 seconds & 95 mph September 2003)
Vehicle Weight
730 KG (1607 lbs) July 2004 with 63:37 split front/rear and 50:50 split left/right
Total cost of the project/conversion
In the region of around £15,000
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